"This book explores the connections between bhakti and embodiment and is concerned more specifically with constructions of divine bodies and devotional bodies in Krishna bhakti traditions. Grounding general reflections on bhakti and embodiment in an analysis of two case studies:…
"This book explores the connections between bhakti and embodiment and is concerned more specifically with constructions of divine bodies and devotional bodies in Krishna bhakti traditions. Grounding general reflections on bhakti and embodiment in an analysis of two case studies:…
The historical shift from Vedic traditions to post-Vedic bhakti (devotional) traditions is accompanied by a shift from abstract, translocal notions of divinity to particularized, localized notions of divinity and a corresponding shift from aniconic to iconic traditions and from …
A groundbreaking study into the parallel developments of worship and musical performance in Hindu culture.
In this dissertation, I primarily focus on the construction of the concept of anticipatory community and the theopoetic practice of anticipation as a unique, relevant, and urgently necessary contribution to the field of ecotheology and the practice of community in general in our…
This dissertation investigates the close connection between poetry and prayer in South Asia by studying the history of Sanskrit hymns of praise ( stotras) in Kashmir. It offers a broad introduction to the history and general features of the stotra genre, and it charts the course…
"Devotion is a category of expression in many of the world's religious traditions. This book looks at issues involved in academically interpreting religious devotion, as well as exploring the interpretations of religious devotion made by a sixth century poet, a twelfth century b…
"Devotion is a category of expression in many of the world's religious traditions. This book looks at issues involved in academically interpreting religious devotion, as well as exploring the interpretations of religious devotion made by a sixth century poet, a twelfth century b…
"Devotion is a category of expression in many of the world's religious traditions. This book looks at issues involved in academically interpreting religious devotion, as well as exploring the interpretations of religious devotion made by a sixth century poet, a twelfth century b…
